The Race Toward Orexin Agonists Targeting Narcolepsy’s Root Cause
Drug candidates aim to address the root cause of narcolepsy type 1—orexin deficiency—with some also being explored for narcolepsy type 2 and idiopathic hypersomnia.
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AI Sleep Tracker Uncovers Links Between Age, Gender, and Restless Nights
Studies presented at SLEEP 2024 shed light on how sleep fragmentation patterns differ by age and gender, as well as the heart rate impacts of sleep apnea.
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Sleep and Aging: How Wakefulness Neurons Change With Age
Age-associated changes in the activity of neurons, a group of brain cells that transmit information, are responsible for disrupted sleep in older mice, according to a study published in Science.
Read MoreFriend & Family Man
How Rafael Pelayo, MD, lives the legacy of the Father of Sleep Medicine and why the pediatric sleep specialist asks parents about their sleep.
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Sleep Specialist’s New Book ‘How to Sleep’ Shares Medical & Holistic Approaches to Common Complaints
Written by Rafael Pelayo, MD, the book offers a medically comprehensive and holistic approach to the myriad issues that might be affecting your sleep.
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Mayo Clinic Can Test Your Patients’ Orexin Levels
Orexin testing can detect type 1 narcolepsy in conjunction with sleep studies like MSLT. Mayo Clinic has developed a widely available test.
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How Machine Learning Could Transform the Way We Diagnose Narcolepsy
Machine learning and the use of neural network analysis could speed up the diagnostic process, and pave the way for more precise care.
Read MoreA Sleep Specialist Remembers His Friend and Stanford Colleague William C. Dement, MD, PhD
Irrefutably, all of our lives have been made better thanks to Bill Dement. This is why he is known as the “Father of Sleep Medicine.”
Read MoreWall Street Journal: ‘William Dement Diagnosed America as Sleep-Deprived’
The Wall Street Journal wrote a tribute to William Dement, a medical professor at Stanford University, who spent his career trying to wake Americans up to the dangers of not getting enough sleep.
Read MoreWilliam C. Dement, MD, PhD, Father of Sleep Medicine, Dies
William “Bill” C. Dement, MD, PhD, the “Father of Sleep Medicine,” died in the early morning hours of June 17, with his family at his side.
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Scientist Deciphers Narcolepsy, Piece by Piece
Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, came to the United States to study a colony of narcoleptic dogs at Stanford in the 1980s. Since then, he has grown our knowledge of pharmaceuticals, genetics, and immunological aspects of the sleep disorder.
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